THE TRUE STORY
The Vendée Uprising
In 1793, the French Revolution turned on the people of the Vendée — devout Catholics who refused to abandon their faith and traditions.
What followed was a campaign of systematic extermination that claimed over 170,000 lives. Entire villages were razed. Families were torn apart. A way of life was nearly erased from history.
Victory or Death tells the true story of ordinary men and women who chose to fight rather than submit.
Spoken entirely in French with English subtitles, this is not a costume drama. It is the suppressed origin story of revolutionary ideology — and a warning that echoes into our present.
"There is no mercy for those who deny the Republic."
— Revolutionary decree, 1793